by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Amherst College, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Amherst competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of New England Small College Athletic Conference.
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The Amherst men’s basketball team fields 14 athletes.
The Amherst women’s basketball team lists 11 players.
Across both rosters, Amherst carries 25 basketball athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 18 varsity sports Amherst sponsors, basketball comes in at #12 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Marlon Sears.
The women’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is G.P. Gromacki.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 18 sports, basketball sits #9 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Amherst men’s basketball program reported $362,409 in revenue against $362,409 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $5,038 in operating expense per athlete, or $70,537 per team.
The Amherst women’s basketball program brought in $310,494 in revenue against $310,494 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $9,443 in operating expense per athlete, or $103,872 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $362,409 to the women’s $310,494 in revenue.
Among the school’s 18 sports, basketball ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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